SEED SPREADER

Steel (hand / forged) 8.5ft x 6 ft x 6 ft / Approx. 400 lbs, 2001

SEED SPREADER is assembled and wound by the artist in a physically laborious performance. Once tension is built, a twig which is inserted into the sculpture's body sets the trigger. The twig ultimately succumbs to strenuous environmental factors by snapping, which activates the sculpture to jump in the air, spin 3ft. blades and shoot grass seed, which grows over time. SEED SPREADER has been shown indoors and outdoors, in exhibits and as Public Art.

“SEED SPREADER conceptually speaks to the lack of control consumers have over food production and physically mimics techniques employed by media and politicians to draw in an audience by use of fear or intimidation.” - MA